I finally watched X-Men First Class at the cheap seats. It was the first of the Summer hero blockbusters (I think). It threw together an interesting cast that held up better than I expected. Michael Fassbender does an awesome job as Magneto(F. Assbender, shout out to Filmdrunk), James McAvoy was an excellent early Professor X, Kevin Bacon is a very good evil scientist/ smug asshole, I thought January Jones was great to look at, as was Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique. Lawrence has a future, she's excellent and underrated in the HOT department, which comes out when she struts around in Mystique's natural blue form, which makes an actress strut around with nothing but pasted scales on her body. Rose Byrne is very good as Moira MacTaggert, and very easy on the eyes. There is some weaknesses in the unknowns playing the teenage mutants, especially some kid named Lucas Till as Havoc. The story creates it's own story of how Professor X and Magneto came together and how the mutant vs. human shitshow began. The story is true to nothing but itself, following little from the comics or previous films. I thought it was a good story, tying in events from history to enrich the story. It gets a little out of hand and ridiculous, as one would imagine. I like how it explains things on its own rather than follow a predestined story from the comics, but it also is a betrayal to the comics. If you are an X-Men purist you may not enjoy it, but take the work on its own.
Bottom Line: 7.6 out of 10. A decent film taken on its own. I don't think it revolutionized the X-Men franchise in any way, but it left some possibility for interesting future films utilizing F.Assbender and Lawrence as its stars. I would see the film, but you can certainly wait until its on video.
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